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	<title>NEW RAF C-17 AIRCRAFT TOUCHES DOWN IN THE UK</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>99 Squadron Personnel &#8211; 500 Miles in 5 Days </title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On a very miserable and blustery April morning, 7 personnel from 99 Squadron set off from Britannia Gate RAF Brize Norton for a 500 mile cycling event to Landsmeer, Holland to raise money for the Royal Air Force Association.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RAF Falcons launch the new season</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The world famous Royal Air Force Parachute Display Team, based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, launched the 2012 Season with a fantastic display at The Leys in Witney watched by some 500 pupils from the local schools and an equal number of enthusiastic teachers, parents and members of the public and the Town Mayor Mr Eaglestone who was Guest of Honour.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>JADTEU Ski Team.</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[19th Nov 2011 saw 10 members of the Joint Air Delivery Test &amp; Evaluation Unit commonly known as JADTEU, or for the old and bold the Unit formally known as JATE, heading to Stubai in Austria as part of the REME Winter Sports Training Camp: Ex Supreme Glacier.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RAF Brize Norton Air Movements Squadron Falkland Islands staff ride.</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 1 Apr, 12 personnel from Brize Norton's Air Movement Squadron embarked on a Force Development staff ride to the Falklands Islands, 30 years on from when Argentinean forced invaded the Islands. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>THE JOURNEY BEGINS</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A man who was told he would never be able to walk again following an horrific cycling accident is back in the saddle and is today embarking on an epic 4,000-mile ride &#8211; after being inspired by injured soldiers with whom he recovered.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Leisure centres offer to help forces families integrate into community</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Serving Ministry of Defence personnel and their families are being offered discounted memberships at West Oxfordshire leisure centres to help them become a part of the local community. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RAF Factor Charity Single Available to Download Now</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The superbly talented winner of the very first Royal Air Force (RAF) Factor singing competition, Teresa Hind, has just released her own charity single. The beautifully haunting song entitled &#8216;The Fight Goes On&#8217; ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>British Army and RAF personnel killed in a plane crash in the Malaysian jungle in 1950 buried</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[British Army Air Despatchers from 47 Air Despatch Squadron RLC &#8211; currently based at RAF Brize Norton - and members of the RAF Queen&#8217;s Colour Squadron, have buried the air crew, air despatchers and passengers who died onboard Dakota KN630 when it crashed into the jungle in 1950.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Flying Officer Michael Masters Olympic Technical Officials</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Flying Officer Michael Masters &#8211; OC Community Support has officially been named as one of the 42 Technical Officials who will oversee and officiate the triathlon competition at the London Olympic Games.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The Baton</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[RAF Brize Norton has been given the honour of custodian of the Baton until the Baton run on 16 Jun 12. The Baton run was originally from LYN to the National Arboretum, Litchfield and switched the BZN last year in November. It is a symbol of support not only for the injured service men but their friends and family. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>RAF Brize Norton supporting West Oxfordshire Youths - Learning Disability Programme, through Volleyb</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[RAF Brize Norton personnel recently engaged with the West Oxfordshire &#8220;In It Together&#8221; sporting programme to help increase sporting participation in the county, targeting gaps previously identified within the county in a separate study inspired by the up coming London 2012 Olympics/Paralympics. RAF Brize Norton personnel stepped up to help West Oxfordshire youths with a learning disability participate in Sitting Volleyball.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>A Royal Welcome For The Princess Royal</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Personnel from RAF Brize Norton welcomed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to the Station on what was her first official visit as Honorary Air Commodore.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Flight Safety Awards</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Station Commander&#8217;s Monthly Flight Safety Award was instigated in late summer 2010 to encourage and reward the submission of Hazard Observation Reports on ASIMS, introduced to the station earlier that year. A hazard Observation Report, as it names suggests is a means of flagging up potential problems and hazards before they have a chance to develop into actual incidents and accordingly they are an incredibly valuable proactive component of any Safety Management System.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Dennis Bignall Visits 101 Sqn</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On 8 Feb 2012, 101 Sqn was privileged to receive a visit from Mr Dennis Bignall and his Nephew. Dennis served on the Sqn between 1944 and 1945 as a wireless operator on Lancasters. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Ceremony To Recognise The Start Of Construction</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A ground breaking ceremony has taken place to officially mark the commencement of construction of the new Tactical Medical Wing facility at RAF Brize Norton. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Three VC10 Aircraft Retire to Leicestershire</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After over 45 years of service with the Royal Air Force air transport and air-to-air refuelling (AT/AAR) fleets, 3 VC10 C1K aircraft have been flown to Bruntingthorpe airfield, Leicestershire, and into retirement...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Passenger Information System Visit</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Senior representatives from Thales UK, RN &amp; RM Charity, RAF and Army Benevolent Funds visited the Air Terminal and Gateway House at RAF Brize Norton.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Beer for the Boys New Year Update</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In 2011 we raised over &#163;15,000 to provide a free beer for all troops returning from operations in Afghanistan. This is solely thanks to the generosity of the British public who wish to show their appreciation for the hard work of our men and women in this most difficult of theatres.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Survival Equipment Charity Spin</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Cpl Rob Smeardon tells how Survival Equipment raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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